A volatile weather system is poised to unleash severe thunderstorms across the central United States on Sunday, with the potential for tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. Roughly 170 million people from Illinois to eastern Texas and beyond could be affected over the next two days,

Tornadoes have been reported in Ripley and Butler counties, causing damage including a barn roof being torn off. Hail up to 1.75 inches was reported as severe weather swept through the area.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has expanded a Level 3 out of 5 (or enhanced) risk for severe weather for most of north and part of central Alabama tonight (areas in orange in the map at the top of this post). A large part of south, central and east Alabama will also have a Level 3 risk on Monday.

A spring storm system will move east over the next three days, bringing a variety of dangerous and life-threatening weather from the Heartland to the East Coast.

A volatile weather system is poised to unleash severe thunderstorms across the central United States on Sunday, with the potential for tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. Nearly 175 million people from Illinois to eastern Texas and beyond could be affected, as unseasonably warm air collides with a powerful cold front.

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The National Weather Service is expecting severe storms in the Mid-South on Sunday. Here's a look at the forecast, radar and warnings.